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If I had to describe my relationship with Islam in one word, it would be nuanced. Two words? Profoundly nuanced.

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New York City will pay $3.3 million to the family of Kalief Browder, a Bronx native whose unlawful imprisonment on…

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I often jokingly tell people that I grew up in a household made up of three (occasionally four, depending on what…

As the government shutdown rolls onward, inmates at federal prisons have been unable to see their families, attorneys…

As school districts across the country grapple with deepening segregation, Afrocentric schools in Brooklyn, N.Y., are…

It was a story so ridiculous it seemed destined to go viral: A new Harlem resident, a white woman going only by the…

Two New York City boroughs will have streets renamed to reflect their homegrown hip-hop heroes. In a unanimous vote…

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The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCHR) today announced a settlement that could be a game-changer in the…

Of all New York’s monuments and statues, the best known is probably the Statue of Liberty, the iconic green woman…

I flew to New York City last Thursday for The Root 100 gala and left yesterday evening after a marketing meeting at…